these last two seasons he has done a very poor job with you but to be fair you havent had the players to coach well.

Regardless of what coach you get they will never be able to get Wakefield up for a Cas match like he does. He understands the importance of bragging rights and local derbys, even Matterson doesnt get it.

You will get a better coach overall but not for derbys

Being up for 24 games a year rather than 3? I can live with that.

He can only do his best with what players he has so I think you are a bit harsh saying he's done a very poor job.

Saw his reaction after one of our tries last night, made me smile. He looked sick as a dog when we lost like.

So why don't you want kear as your coach then ?

Because, if you hadn't noticed there seems to be a belief amongst our poor relations from over the common that they are, all of a sudden, competing for honours and a coach like Kear is way beneath them. What they fail to realise is they have most probably had their 15 mins of fame and a day out in the play offs much like Crusaders last year, us the year before and Salford a couple of years before that - only to have a rude awakening when they bump back to the real world the year after.

I reckon plenty down't lane are going to have trouble accepting that they have most likely ridden the crest of the wave this year, taking advantage of playing some teams at the right time, in the right conditions massively over achieving for a long period of the season and generally speaking ridden their luck to the play offs and their season will basically grind to a halt the same way everybody else's other than Wire, Wigan and probably Saints.

Pattern repeats itself many times over, most years you get a bolter who over achieve and then reality bites leaving bottom 3rd of the table finishes much harder to stomach because in the words of James "now its come back round again, its worse than it was before. If I hadn't seen such riches, I could live with being poor."

A perfect summary of the Cas myth - very well said.

cas tigers ...in one word .. rangi chase (well 2) apart from him they are nothing! and perhaps he may not be there next year..cas tho have a bit of history with convicted criminals playing for them don't they?

They would have been nothing on Saturday if someone had nailed Chase everytime he got the ball, he was allowed to run across the line unchallenged that was the really poor area to our game on Saturday IMHO

When Chase doesn't get his visa renewed next year Cas will be bottom three material. They are the definition of a one man team.

I disagree. The best way to defend Chase, is to let him run along his own line of players and mark the dummy runners.
Its when you step forward and miss him that you're in trouble.
The cant score running sideways

Without a doubt they are a team that have over performed this season. Most of this was down to a big run against out of from teams in the first half of the season. Not that that is there fault, of course you take advantage of circumstances that fall in front of you. Despite all there moaning about injuries, have they actually been that bad? Not if you ask me, they lost a few average players to injury and was replaced by other average players. They fail to see the good fortune that they have had in Rangi Chase near injury free season, been a one man team that has to be considered good fortune. But typical of over performing teams they soon got found out when the business end of the season arrived. I don’t think any Cas fans can complain with a 9th place finish that would be a proper reflections of the teams overhaul performances and abilities.